Btrfs

A collection of content related to the btrfs file system and the linux commands that handle it.

Btrfs-qgroup

The btrfs-qgroup manual page and help. Use this command to manage quota groups on btrfs file systems.

Btrfs-property

Manual page and help for the btrfs-property linux command. Btrfs property is a command to read / set / list the properties of a specific file system object. The object can be an inode (file or directory), a sub-volume, or the entire file system. For more information about the btrfs object and property, see the get sub-command. The btrfs property provides a unified and user-friendly way to tune various btrfs properties, instead of using the traditional method like chattr (1) or lsattr (1).

Btrfs-inspect-internal

Manual page and help for the btrfs-inspect-internal linux command. This command group provides an interface for querying internal information. The functionality ranges from a simple user interface to ioctl or a more complex query that compiles the result from multiple internal structures. The latter usually requires calls to privileged ioctls.

Btrfs-device

Manual page and help for the btrfs-device linux command. Use this command to manage the tools in the btrfs file system.

Btrfs-convert

Manual page and help for the btrfs-convert linux command. The command converts ext2 / 3/4 or reiserfs filesystems to btrfs locally. The command is included in the btrfs-progs package in Debian 9 (Stretch).

Btrfs-check

Btrfs-check manual page and help. The file system checker is used to check the structural integrity of the file system and to attempt to repair it upon request. It is recommended to disconnect the file system before running the scan, but it is also possible to scan the mounted file system (see --force).

Btrfs-balance

Linux btrfs-balance manual page and help. The primary purpose of the balance function is to distribute block groups across all devices to meet the constraints set by the applicable profiles. For more details, see mkfs.btrfs (8) PROFILES. The scope of the balancing process can be further filtered using filters that can select the block groups to be processed. Balance only works on a mounted file system.

btrfs (linux command)

Manual page and help for the btrfs linux command. The btrfs utility is a set of tools for managing btrfs file systems.